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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.8.10.pr

Deliberation Periods for Multiple Degrees of Heirs

Passage 4358 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus explains that if there are several degrees of instituted heirs, the praetor will apply his rules on predefining deliberation times to each degree, so that a successor who can answer to the creditors can be found as quickly as possible.

[MARCELLUS libro uicesimo octauo digestorum. ] §28.8.10.prSi plures gradus sint heredum institutorum, per singulos obseruaturum se ait praetor id quod praefiniendo tempore deliberationis edicit, uidelicet ut a primo quoque ad sequentem translata hereditate quam primum inueniat successorem, qui possit defuncti creditoribus respondere.
[MARCELLUS, in the twenty-eighth book of the Digests.] If there are several degrees of instituted heirs, the praetor says that he will observe, in respect of each individual degree, that which he declares in his edict by predefining the time for deliberation; namely, that, by the inheritance being transferred from each first person to the next, he may find a successor as soon as possible, who can answer to the creditors of the deceased.

Notes

  1. §28.8.10.prpraefiniendo tempore — The gerundive `praefiniendo` agrees with the noun `tempore` in the ablative case, expressing means ("by predefining the time").
  2. §28.8.10.pra primo quoque — The pronoun `quisque` combined with the ordinal `primo` expresses sequence and individuality ("from each first person in turn", "from the very first").
  3. §28.8.10.prcreditoribus respondere — The verb `respondere` governs the dative `creditoribus` and is used in a legal sense meaning "to answer to", i.e., "to satisfy or be liable to the creditors".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.8.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.8.10.pr

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